I did the same! “Why is my crafting crack company making cars now?!”
Fiskars sounds more like a car company, lol
I remember when Tesla announced the Model 3 as a sub-$30k car. Since then there have been other EVs hitting that mark, but I still harbor some skepticism whenever prices get announced that far in advance of release. But it’s good to see more EVs entering the market!
Fake edit: I looked it up, and Tesla is offering the Model 3 starting at $40k. That’s more than 30, but tbh it’s not as pricey as I thought it was.
My biggest problem has always been the available range. The charging infrastructure in the South is largely nonexistent and I work 60 miles from my house. The only way I could go electric would be to gut and rewire my house to add a charger (The 120v one wouldn’t cut it) and have a way to top up the charge at work during the winter. The cost of the car itself is only half the problem for me.
I was looking real hard at the Lightning when it came out and was about to pull the trigger on the truck and everything associated with it when the towing range came out. Yikes! I haven’t been that disappointed in a long while.
It’s still too much though… Specially looking at the quality you get
It’s pretty close to $30k for the standard range model 3 right now when you factor in $7500 in federal credit + your states local incentives. Several progressive states offer like $2k. Plus a referral program gets you another $500.
Not many EV’s fit this category and qualify for the full 7500 credit. More competition the merrier. But with any EV hitting the market I’ll believe it when I can touch and feel it in person.
The sub $30k seems like marketing as almost no new cars have been selling around MSRP for the last few years.
It’ll be interesting to see if Americans would ever go for a “City Car”. I believe Citreon are bringing the ami to the USA and I’d be tempted to get one a second car - it’s certainly well under that pricepoint.
To be honest I don’t see much use for this vehicle in the US. Even in most cities, you will likely need to drive on the highway sometimes, which this can’t do. And if I’m not on high speed roads, why wouldn’t I just use a bicycle? Particularly as e-bikes are now widely available and far more affordable than this thing.
As a parent, I don’t know if I agree. It takes significant effort to get my kid out on a bike as our road system isn’t great for them. (My city is actually fairly good, but we still can’t, for example, get to his school without needing to ride on the road)
If it could do 45mph and had a 40 mile range then it’d work for nearly all our in-town trips. We have a phev that can only do about 20 miles on battery and at the start of the pandemic we went 9 months without needing to put gas in it. I wouldn’t want it as our only vehicle but it’d be pretty viable as our secondary one.
The top speed is 28. So that’s what I’m saying, this vehicle occupies largely where riding a bike is fairly safe.
What a cool little car!
Their Oli concept car is probably even cooler and would likely work better in the US market.
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Is this the same fisker that recalled most/all (I can’t remember the details) of the karma’s? For battery problems?
Hard to imagine there being another Fisker electric car company that has delivered vehicles. I’ve seen a few FIskers on the road and they always have looked pretty nice. No idea what it’s like to ride in one.
Knowing that it will be assembled by Foxconn gives me pause. They have been able to achieve reasonable levels of quality, but I don’t put much trust in a company run by con men.
I saw this and thought you meant made in China too. But reading the article, it’s a foxconn plant in Ohio. But not sure if new plant or existing, but at least it’s made here.
I did get that and it doesn’t affect my opinion. They are less likely to use slave labor in the US than in China, but their executives also lie more in the US than they do at home (because the consequences are a lot more serious in China). Agreements and contracts mean nothing to them. Among other problems, that means their quality control is entirely dependent on whoever hires them watching everything they do all the time.
Let us not forget when Foxconn came to Wisconsin and convinced a city council to claim eminent domain and demolish an entire neighborhood in a secret vote in order to build a Foxconn plant. They promised thousands of well paying jobs but then when they opened the plant, only hired a tiny fraction of the total and barely utilized the plant at all.
Apple appear to do fine with them
Apple has a lot of its own people on site to validate all the work.
What do you mean? Another company cannot do that? Assuming it’s even true because I have no idea
I don’t know if I want froot to catch on because it sounds ridiculous or not because I hate how ridiculous it is.
But you have to admit a car called Pear must have a froot
